Spacecraft information: COSMOS 2179

Launch Details
Launched 28 January 1992
Flight ended
Status Non-operational
Launch site Tyuratam Missile and Space Center, Kazakhstan (Also known as Baikonur Cosmodrome)
Owner Commonwealth of Independent States (former USSR)
NORAD ID 21855
COSPAR ID 1992-005C
Alternative names GLONASS
GLONASS 47
GN 771
Observing

Current orbital elements

Inclination 64.894°
Eccentricity 0.00145
RA ascending node 4.657 hr
Argument perigee 252.269°
Mean anomaly 286.014°
Orbital period 675.730 min
Epoch of osculation 22 Jun 2026, 06:03

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Derived Quantities

Min Altitude 19100.1 km
Mean Altitude 19137.0 km
Peak Altitude 19173.8 km

Orbital History

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South El Monte

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34.05°N
118.05°W
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